Posted on 12/19/2017 3:17:31 PM PST by Zakeet
Snowfalls atop an Alaskan mountain range have doubled since the start of the industrial age, evidence that climate change can trigger major increases in regional precipitation, according to research published in the journal Scientific Reports on Tuesday.
The study by researchers from Dartmouth College, the University of Maine and the University of New Hampshire, shows modern snowfall levels in the Alaska Range at the highest in at least 1,200 years, averaging some 18 feet per year from around 8 feet per year from 1600-1840.
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The research was based on an analysis of two ice core samples collected at 13,000 feet from Mount Hunter in Alaska's Denali National Park. The study suggests that warming tropical oceans have driven the increased snowfall by strengthening the northward flow of warm, moist air.
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Global warming gives manbearpig Shrinkage?
But in all those reality TV shows about Alaska, they say it keeps getting warmer with less snow.
So am I supposed to believe the leftists on hollyweird or the leftists in academia?
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